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Express chilli con carne

This is a really express recipe, a "true" chilli is longer and more difficult to do.

393 K 3.5/5 (62 reviews)

35 min.

Easy

10.35 €

18 people

10 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 18 people, you will need:

1 7 ²⁄₃ cups minced beef
2 6 ¹⁄₃ cups tinned red kidney beans
3 3 onions
4 3 shallots
5 3 beefs stock cube
6 6 ¹⁄₃ cups tomato coulis
7 6 tablespoons chilli spices
8 12 tablespoons olive oil
9 Tabasco (optional)
10 fine (or table) salt

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 6 min.

Cooking: 30 min.

All in all: 35 min.

When should you start or finish this recipe?

If you start now, at 18:10, you will finish around : 18:45.Change start time

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Chop 3 onions and 3 shallots, put them in a pan with 12 tablespoons olive oil and salt. Cook 2 or 3 minutes.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Then add 7 ²⁄₃ cups minced beef, salt again and mix.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

Cook for about 7-8 minutes.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Add 6 ¹⁄₃ cups tomato coulis, and the beef stock cube.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Add 6 ¹⁄₃ cups tinned red kidney beans, drained and rinsed.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

And finally 6 tablespoons chilli spices.

Stage 7 - 10 min.

Mix well, and cook for about 10 minutes.

Stage 8

Put Tabasco on the table so that each guest can help himself, and serve the chilli with rice, plain white for example.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	680 RDI=260 %	1,020 RDI=100 %	570 RDI=90 %	11,900 RDI=600 %	49,840 RDI: 600 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=5 %	20 RDI=2 %	10 RDI=2 %	210 RDI=10 %	900 RDI: 10 %
Per person	40 RDI=10 %	60 RDI=5 %	30 RDI=5 %	660 RDI=30 %	2,770 RDI: 30 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

How much will it cost?

For 18 people : 31.05 €
Per person : 1.75 €

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